The police in Britain detained the ship’s captain on suspicion of gross negligence after it crashed into an oil tanker that was being operated by the U.S. Navy.

Vladimir Motin, who was the master of the Portugal-flagged cargo vessel Solong, was charged with manslaughter.

On Monday, about 13 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire, the Solong container ship sailed into the US-registered oil tanker Stena Immaculate, which was carrying jet fuel for the US Navy.